WORTH READING 18 July 2006

Which one are you?

Carrot, Egg, and Coffee
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a
cup of coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother
and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She
did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She
was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was
solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water
and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the
first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the
last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil,without
saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She
fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the
eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and
placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what
you see." "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She
did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter
to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed
the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the
coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter
then asked, "What does it mean, mother?" Her mother explained that
each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water.
Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and
unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it
softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer
shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the
boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans
were unique, however.
After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on
your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee
bean?" Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong,
but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my
strength? Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes
with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a
break-up, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become
hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am
I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart? Or am I
like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the
very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot,it
releases the fragrance and flavour. If you are like the bean,when
things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation
around you.

When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you
elevate
yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a
carrot, an egg or a coffee bean? May you have enough happiness to make
you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you
human and enough hope to make you happy. The happiest of people don't
necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of
everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always
be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you
let go of your past
failures and heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and
everyone around you was smiling.

Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and
everyone around you is crying. You might want to send this message to
those people who mean something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have
touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile
when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side
of things when you are really down; to those whose friendship you
appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life. If you don't
send it, you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten
someone's day with this message! It's easier to build a child than
repair an adult. This is so true -May we all be COFFEE.

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